A great day for SIBs and NEETs (‘not in education, employment or training”) as the ThinkForward bond successfully completes in the UK – marvellous stuff. Elsewhere the ongoing fixation with Goldman Sachs continues but at least this is written even handedly, unlike so much of the mainstream media!
ThinkForward’s Social Impact Bond (SIB) Successfully Completes!
ThinkForward
ThinkForward Social Impact Bond (SIB) has become one of the first in the world to successfully complete
Goldman Sachs’ Social Impact Investment Showed Successful Result In Utah
Venture Capital Post
Goldman Sachs found its pre-kindergarten program in Salt Lake City had worked for both sides: the state, and the company itself.The program was conducted by Utah Voices for Children and was set to expand the spots in the program for 600 children. All of the children involved in the program were from low-income families, and 110 were expected to need special education in elementary school.The program was Goldman’s second experimental method of financing social services. Goldman’s first social impact bond in the US failed.